Journey In Oils2

Updated April 2010 -Click on thumbnail for larger image

The collection of original paintings and special/limited edition prints on this site has been divided into two catagories: Studio Paintings and Plein Air Paintings. The subject matter in this body of work is from places I have visited, from Texas to Georgia to Maine, as well as some western work.

Plein Air paintings are small paintings usually painted entirely on location in a couple of hours or so. Some plein air pieces have some final touches applied in the studio.

The Studio paintings are larger works painted in the studio, usually working with photographs as reference.

Works avaiblabe at Adobe Western Art Gallery in the Historic Fort Worth Stockyards and the Weiler House Fine Art Gallery in Handley (817-457-3343)

2010 News:

• August 6 thru 28 - Exhibit at Tarleton's Langdon Center, Granbury, Texas - more information click here!

• May-June - 5th Annual Paint Historic Waxahachie - for more information...click here!

• April - Won FIRST PLACE in Dry Media (pastel) at the 2010 Cedar Hill Regional Art Exhibit in Cedar Hill, Texas. The winning piece was a pastel called "Chloe & the Kangaroo"

• Early April I was blessed to paint 4 days in Nashville, Tennessee. I painted at the Belle Meade Plantation, Cheekwood Botanical Gardens and Art Museum and The Hermitage, home of President Andrew Jackson... read more!

• Two New Prints Available

Recent oil paintings of two of the landmark buildings in the Historic Stockyards in Fort Worth are now available in Giclee prints on canvas....read more!

Giclée prints on hi-quality paper or canvas are available for most of the paintings. Note cards are also available for most works as well.

To contact Steve Miller: steve@journeyinoils.com

Spring in Nashville

Below are a few of the plein air pieces I painted this April, 2010 around Nashville, Tennessee.

Painting on the grounds of The Hermitage outside Nashville

Gardeners House
The Gardener's House - Oil on PanelThis was on the grounds of the Belle Meade Plantation.

Cheekwood Afternoon - Pastel. I stumbled across the Cheekwood Gardens one afternoon. Much stuff to paint there.

Dogwood Morning
Painted at Andrew Jackson's "Hermitage"

Camp Fire USA - 2009

A few pieces from the Camp Fire USA’s 2nd Annual Invitational Paint Out held at the beautiful Botanical Gardens in Fort Worth, Texas.

"The Gate"

Easel setup on the first day of the paint out... we never saw the sun that day.

Painting created during the "Quick Draw" event. Its a 12 x 9 oil on panel called "Morning"

Oil on panel painted outside the entrance to the Japanese Gardens.

"Paint Out" in Corsicana, Texas, October 2 and 3, 2009

Oil on panel - 10 x 8 - "B.F. Goodrich"

Oil on panel - 16 x 12
"Time"

Oil on Canvas- 8 x 16
"The Palace"

What is a Giclée?

Like the long standing European tradition of rendering one image at a time, these giclée images are printed one at a time on canvas. These unique prints capture even the most subtle tints and minute details of the original painting. Giclée prints render deep, saturated color which are as close to the original artwork as is possible.